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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 quinquies

…r property tax on built-up properties for buildings or parts of buildings attached from 1st January 2009 to an establishment meeting the conditions required to benefit from the allowance provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-16

…or of a management company which manages one or more UCITS authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 or AIFs covered by Directiv…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-38

…5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs; > The provisio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-2

…e Agreement on the European Economic Area, under the conditions set out in Article 211 of Directive 2009/138/EU of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-9

…this book. The calculations are carried out in accordance with standards NF ISO 25639-1 of January 2009 "Terminology of the trade fair, exhibition, congress or commercial event sector.-Part 1: vocabu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-40

…t-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 571-1 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 571-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 571-3 order no. 2000-916 of 19…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-4

…u ministère public agissant sous son autorité; 2° En application du 11° de l'article 4 du décret n° 2009-707 du 16 juin 2009 modififié relatif aux services déconcentrés de la direction générale des fi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article D123-205-1

The book mentioned in article L. 123-28 distinguishes cash payments from other payments and indicates the references of the supporting documents.The register referred to in the same article shall show…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single section: The company savings plan

Article L222-1

The rules governing the company savings plan are set out in Articles L. 3332-1 to L. 3332-28 of the French Labour Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2573-25

…525 of 17 May 2011 L. 2223-5 to L. 2223-10 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2223-11 Order no. 2009-1530 of 10 December 2009 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2223-12-1 law no. 2008…

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